STAND. COM. REP. NO.  181

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.B. No. 1132

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was referred H.B. No. 1132 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS STATEMENTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to improve openness, transparency, and confidence in state government by requiring each legislator to annually file a disclosure of financial interests statement between January 1 and January 31.

The Hawaii State Ethics Commission, the League of Women Voters of Hawaii, Americans for Democratic Action/Hawaii, Common Cause Hawaii, and a few individuals supported this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Legislative Management that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1132 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Legislative Management,

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair